hey everyone im thinking about gutting my hood. my friend did it to his integra and its light as a fether. not very sturdy. would that be a good idea to do to my 88 na gxl? im thinking of adding a scoop after im done with paint and all.

 

good luck mounting the hood scoop bcs the hood is gonna flex alot youll also have to use hood clips to hold it down

 

1: just get an aluminum hood (if you don't already have one) check it with a magnet.

2: what would the hood scoop be use for? not just for looks i hope... if you want a useless scoop to add drag, then just et an aluminul T2 hood.

personnally i'm going CF reverse vented. like the Odula hood after the FMIC conversion. and I will be painting the CF on the outside to match my body. with the black FMIC the car should look pretty subtle.

hope that helps your decision.
TR

 

Pointless ricer mod

 

Trust me. The only piece of inner skeleton you can cut out weighs all of .8lbs on an AL hood and 1.3lbs on a steelie.

And BTW........your hood will flop around like a wet noodle when you're done with it.

But hey........whatever floats your boat.

 

Mazda made efforts to save every pound they could (ex. aluminum jack that saved something like 1.3 pounds). I think if this were a good/feasible idea, Mazda would of done it. That support is there for a reason.

 

Do you say the same thing to folks that replace the stock hood with a random aftermarket FGRP hood?

 

Mazda also had to keep the costs down.

 

...this isn't even worth arguing

 

Don't cut it unless you want it to sag in the middle. You could replace the skeleton with 1 inch pieces of plexiglass (mounted longways for stablility) and adhere them to the main hood... Not really a great idea though unless it's just a back up hood you have laying around because you will probably not like it and want to throw it away afterwords.

Or you could cut the skeleton off and put a really thick piece of some sort of foam between the flat space on the fan shrowd and the hood. Kinda liek a spacer...

Bottom line is unless you have an extra hood laying around, it's a waste of time and a good hood.

 

well i was going to gut it as much as possible and add some light weight metal strips along the hood for some support. and the scoop was just so i could get some fresh air into the engine and intake. poor mans TII hood. i am looking for a TII hood if i can get one. and im in the process of painting my car at school. and i was going to keep my hood primered black. it is kinda of riceY though.

 

Get an N/A Aluminum hood... I have one... They are super light and don't make you one of those guys that throws a TII hood on his NA Not that there's anything wrong with it.......

 

FWIW, I've done this to several hoods and the most recent one was a customer's FC hood. It doesn't sag in the middle, but it will flex around quite a bit compared to the stiffness it had before.

Thats a good idea!


Yup.

 

just get an alum. n/a hood. find a wrecked vert they all had them. quite a bit lighter than the steel hood

 

I'm not so sure about the vert thing... The last vert I drove didn't have an alum hood. But, lots of 86's had alum hoods. No telling which ones.. bring a magnet.

 

Don't make a home made hood scoop,,,, you will probably engineer it wrong and the air flow will actually cause terbulance and make the engine run hotter. My suggestion if you have an extra hood...

reverse vent!

cools better....
looks different...
if you make the inner ridges right it will support the hood enough to completely remove the skeleton...

only issue is keeping the moisture out... maybe some mesh and and a catch pan.

 

where would i be able to get some mesh and a catch pan? do they specifically make them for scoops?

 

its not a must to have mesh and a catch pan but it is a +

 

make your own out of some extra sheet metal. stick a couple hoses in the bottome ( drill holes) for the water to drain once it collects. It will act sort of like the sunroof and hatch drainage system.

 

and you can get some cheap mesh on ebay.

http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/hood/hood.htm